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Bowthorpe
Road Methodist Church, Norwich

Bowthorpe
Road heads off of Dereham Road not far from the
waterworks, and after passing cemeteries and
hospitals in not unpleasing proximity it heads
off across the outer ring road. For the first
time, you feel as if you are entering suburbia.
The busy road lines another cemetery to the
south, and this pleasant group of buildings is
set slightly back from the road looking out
across the headstones.

There are
effectively two churches here - or, at least, I
assume that what is now the hall was originally
the church, and that the newer church was built
further back, behind the first, leaving room for
a drive and a small car park.

The older
church is red brick, and its assymetrical roof suggests
the work of the 1950s. It is simple, adorned with a cross
and two flanking shuttered windows facing the road, but
rather more functional behind. The new church behind it
is a rather more impressive prospect, built in yellow
brick with a pleasing coloured glass window which
combines a variety of symbols. There seems to be plenty
going on here, and the church appears to share its
premises with a small Steiner school as well.